I was offered the chance to see Amadou & Miriam open for Coldplay tomorrow night. While the former rank among my favorite blind Malian husband and wife duos ever (just below the Blind Boys of Bamako, just ahead of the Timbuktu Two-Steppers), I’ll be heading to Beach Dazed instead. Partially, because I don’t think I can handle the emetic sororo-crowds that clot for Coldplay, partially because I am a sucker for any place that promises performances from Voxtrot, Busdriver, RJD2, Korean BBQ, Slip-N-Slides, and free ice cream. I am a simple man. I wrote a preview for Pop and Hiss, which is likely superfluous for this crowd, but you never know.
Thanks to the FMLY and The Tape for putting this thing on, and for putting up the Beach Dazed playlist that you can snag after the jump.
BEACH DAZED PLAYLIST…
Voxtrot – Heaven (Talking Heads cover live on KEXP)
Busdriver – Stylin’ Under Pressure
DJDT – Walking On A Dream Team (Empire of the Sun remix)
[Post-foetus] – Migration (live on FMLY Radio)
Best Coast – Sun Was High (So Was I)
Railcars – There Is Ice; It Is Blue
Books and Music – Turnaway (Your Majesty & Riplee demo, v. 2)
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Firing Missiles At Christmas And Easter Island
